Don't Know What To Do??? Same Here.

Hope is key to being sucessful.

For instance, I want to get out of Indiana and go on to Columbia or NYU once I'm done with high school. But, right now I don't have straight As, I have all As except for a D- (my Algebra teacher is way to F happy, she shows you what could happen to your grade if you don't study, then once you get your true grade, she puts it in) and a B (which is in English, I forgot to turn in an assignment last semester).

But, I do know that I will do EVERYTHING possible to try and get into one of those schools, I'm making it seem like those are my only two choices and if I don't get in one of those two schools than that ends my WHOLE career in English literature.

So, if being hopeful and going to a certain state of mind (that's safe), it can help you get to where you want to be. Think about what would happen if you didn't get into the college you wanted or got the job you wanted or the internship and so on and so on. Would your life be worse or better? Would you regret it the rest of your life? If you think that you can't get something, that's not true! The more you try and work for what you want and ask for help and do everything possible to get there, you can get there. Don't let one person keep you down or tell you you "might" not make it because you can, it just depends on if you want it as much as you say and think you do. I wanted to be a journalist but after being in the beginning journalism class at my school, I'm not sure if I'm cut out for it. I want to be a writer and I want to make that my living and if that means I will only be making around $20,000 a year, in the end it will be worth it. I would have gone to Columbia or NYU for four years to recieve a degree in English Literature or English (general) and write the stories I've loved since I was little. (Which was vampire, werewolves, and other immortal creatures.)

Hope is not a limited saying and it doesn't only apply to those who are only sucessful. I hate when people don't htink it applies to them. And, people do believe in you, trust me. When I told my AVID teacher I wanted to go into journalism or writing in college infront of the WHOLE class, everyone kept saying "she is a great writer", "write a book about me!", "you'll be great!". My friends told me I was good, but I never heard it from someone I barely ever talk to and hear are these are kids saying how good I was. People will believe in you, you just have to put in an effort. I think more people give up because they don't know what to do or how to go on, but I think if someone in their life gives them a little more support in what they want to go into, they would work harder. So, find that person to support you and you will see hope in yourself and keep going.

Here's a quote I wrote down and put on my wall in case I want to give up sometimes:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond imagination. It is our light more than our darkness which scares us. We ask ourselves - who are we to be brilliant, beautiful, talented, and fabulous. But honestly, who are you to not be so?